I picked up Fusion recently at Amazon for $33 and then received a $10 rebate, so it was $23 plus tax.
Les -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 5:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question: V M Ware Fusion or Parallels Desktop Hi Mark, You'll be wanting to give Vmware Fusion a try I think. Virtual Box is free, and fairly usable true, but Vmware Fusion is by far the most accessible and well rounded product out of these 3. With your email address being what it is it's safe for me to assume you're in education of some sort, which means you should be able to pick up Fusion for $40 last I checked. Re which screen reader to use when, basically you'd use VO whenever you're highlighted on and performing something in Mac OS, your Windows screen reader of choice whenever you're focused on or performing something in Windows. Switching between the two OS's in Fusion is a synch, simply alt tab to Fusion, grab keyboard input with command-G and your mac will largely forget it's a mac until you tell it to remember. Both OS's are fully functional in the background when you're not focused on them, so it's very possible on a powerful machine to have the best of both worlds simultaneously. the one thing I'd say about Virtualisation is that, even though we're now running native on Intel chips, it still takes a slight performance hit with every system I've seen. You'll notice a slight lag or sluggishness in Windows Virtualised if you're fussy about performance, but for everyday tasks and assuming you're mainly going to be using Mac OS, the convenience outweighs the sluggishness. If however the remaining stuff you use Windows for is very system intensive, Boot Camp was probably your best option, but let's hope not eh. hth Scott On 8/31/09, hank smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > how do you use that with vo? > I couldn't get it to work last I tried that > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JC Helary" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:41 AM > Subject: Re: Question: V M Ware Fusion or Parallels Desktop > > > > > Le 31 août 2009 à 16:36, M. Taylor a écrit : > >> Based on anecdotal evidence, I think I'm leaning towards V M Ware but >> I realize that Parallels has been around much longer and I tend to >> favor those companies that have been on the proverbial scene longer. > > I'd try the free Virtual Box from Sun Microsystems: > http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > Jean-Christophe Helary > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4385 (20090831) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4385 (20090831) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4385 (20090831) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
